Calgary HeraldAlberta tries to get its organ donation act together | Calgary HeraldCalgary HeraldThe province is seeking outside help to mend an organ donation system it says is faltering. Last week, Alberta Health issued a request for proposals (RFP) …
Daily News & Analysis |
Live after you die
Daily Excelsior There is less rejection and lower doses of anti-rejection drugs in living donor recipient compared to deceased donor. The transplanted kidney, or “graft,” has better odds of surviving if from a living donor, as show in the UNOS data for kidney … Living kidney donors rates continues to growScoop.co.nz (press release) WHAT’S UP DOC? Kidney transplantWicked Local Hamilton Kidney Patient Press Conference on Capitol HillPR Newswire (press release) |
Wicked Local Cambridge |
WHAT’S UP DOC? Kidney transplant
Wicked Local Cambridge Modern surgical techniques often utilize minimally invasive laparoscopic surgeries, a likely contributing factor to living donor kidney donations being more common than deceased donations since 2002. Organ donations from deceased donors are also … Kidney Patient Press Conference on Capitol Hill – SAT Press …Satellite PR News (press release) |
Wicked Local Sudbury |
WHAT’S UP DOC? Kidney transplant
Wicked Local Sudbury Organ donations from deceased donors are also sources of life-improving and lifesaving organs for many patients. These may be from recently deceased patients or from patients who have died but whose hearts have been kept beating to enable their organs … |
Cherry Hill Courier Post |
Breaking records, organ donations keep rising
Cherry Hill Courier Post An increasing number of deceased donors accounts for much of the higher rates, according to the national network. And there are more younger donors who learned about donation in high school and designated themselves as donors on their driver’s … |
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Three kidney transplants later, Hyderabad man says it’s worth the risk
Times of India HYDERABAD: Meet Surinder Kumar Sahoo, 52, who has the rare distinction of undergoing three kidney transplants, making him the first such case in south India. Sahoo underwent his first kidney transplant in 1995 and the last one was carried out in 2013. |
KERO 23ABC News |
JJ’s Legacy holds annual golf tournament to bring awareness to transplant recipients, donors
KERO 23ABC News The event helps raise awareness for transplant recipients, deceased donors and their families, living donors, and those waiting for a life-saving transplant. The mission of JJ’s Legacy is to honor the legacy of Jeffrey Johns by educating Kern County … |
Shanghai Daily (subscription)Donating organs proves popular thanks to the simplicity of onlineShanghai Daily (subscription)THE myriad services just a swipe of the finger away in China are no longer limited to food delivery, airport check-ins, or findin…
Lincoln Times-News |
Local veteran offers kidney donation to Charlotte man
Lincoln Times-News Baines has two options to obtain a kidney transplant – either through a deceased donor transplant or a living donor transplant. Kidneys transplanted from living donors are superior because they last nearly twice as long as kidneys transplanted from … |
Shanghai Daily (subscription)Internet helps promote organ donation in China | Shanghai DailyShanghai Daily (subscription)THE myriad services just a swipe of the finger away in China are no longer limited to food delivery, airport check-ins, or finding …